A highly accomplished medical claim professional, registered nurse and legal nurse consultant with a clinical background in occupational health, case management and catastrophic injury. Proficient in the field of workers' compensation, maintaining certifications in Case Management, Life Care Planning, Legal Nurse Consulting and Medicare Set Aside Consulting. Uniquely qualified to provide clinical insight, cost mitigation and medical strategy for a broad range of cases by leveraging knowledge of the medical, claim and legal aspects of a claim. Significant understanding of treatment patterns allowing delivery of accurate, evidence-based medical cost projections and Life Care Plans. With 26 years of experience in workers’ compensation, Phyllis currently serves as a catastrophic medical management consultant and subject matter expert to Midwest Employers Casualty and its clients. Analyzing and evaluating the most severe injuries and developing / implementing individual solutions to a variety of complex medical issues remain the focus. Key strategies include maximizing injured worker medical outcome, concentrating on return to function while providing proactive medical cost containment.
Listed skills include Claim, Medicare, Healthcare, Workers Compensation, and 40 others.